Mexico, Archdiocese of

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• Archdiocese of Mexico —     Archdiocese of Mexico     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Mexico     (MEXICANA.)     Boundaries     The boundaries of the Diocese of Mexico were at first not well defined. When Cuba was discovered three sees were erected, but when… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Yucatan —     Archdiocese of Yucatán     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Yucatán     (YUCATANENSIS).     Located in the Republic of Mexico; Campeche and Tabasco are its suffragans. Its area is that of the state of the same name, 17,204 sq. miles,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Santa Fe (New Mexico) —     Santa Fe     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Santa Fe     (SANCTAE FIDEI IN AMERICA).     Archdiocese in New Mexico, erected by Pius IX in 1850 and created an archbishopric in 1875. It comprised at first the three territories of …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Manila —     Archdiocese of Manila     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Manila     (DE MANILA)     This archdiocese comprises the city of Manila, the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, Mindoro, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Rizal, Tarlac, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Paris —     Paris     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paris     ARCHDIOCESE OF PARIS (PARIBIENSIS)     Paris comprises the Department of the Seine. It was re established by the Concordat of 1802 with much narrower limits than it had prior to the Revolution,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Boston —     Boston     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Boston     Archdiocese; comprises Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties in the State of Massachusetts, U.S.A., the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion, and Wareham excepted, embracing an area …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of New York —     New York, Archdiocese of     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of New York     ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK (NEO EBORACENSIS).     See erected 8 April, 1808; made archiepiscopal 19 July, 1850; comprises the Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Baltimore —     Archdiocese of Baltimore     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Baltimore     The senior see of the United States of America, established as a diocese 6 April, 1789; as an archdiocese 8 April, 1808; embraces all that part of the State… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Missouri) —     St. Louis (Missouri)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Louis (Missouri)     (SANCTI LUDOVICI)     Created a diocese 2 July, 1826; raised to the rank of an archdiocese 20 July, 1847. It comprises that portion of the State of Missouri bounded… …   Catholic encyclopedia